Demountable wheel lock



Oct. 11, 1932. c. E. JEFFERS DEMOUNTABLE WHEEL LOCK Filed June 1. 1928 2Sheets-Sheet l UVEU a? 67471920 6 QWMQM Oct. 11, 1932. c. E. JEFFERS1,381,624

' DEMOUNTABLE WHEEL LOCK Filed June 1, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.ClarenceEJeffims A I'TORNEYJ Patented Oct. 11, 1932 iUNI TE f PATENTOFFICE CLAR NCE ,E. nrr'nn's; or YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEssIeN- MENTS, TO QAKES rnonucrs conronA'rroN, A CORPORATION or MICHIGANDEMOUNTABLE WHEEL LOCK Application filed June 1, 1928. Serial No.282,166. v

type now used, as,.for instance, on the model .A Ford cars.

Such spare wheel carriers comprise a plate supported on the vehicle. andhaving three or more threaded bolts extending therefrom for receivingthe hub of the spare wheel to be supportedmut s being provided forthebolts to secure the wheel firmly in place on the carrier. Usually atleast one ofthe nuts has a flat reduced outer end with an aperturethere- ,in for the reception of alocking device, such as a padlock.

It is the prlinary object of my invention to provideia locking bandadapted to loop aroundand receive the rim and tire of the supportedwheel and having its ends apertured toreceive and fit thebody ofthe lockreceiving nut, with the outer end of the band provided with a lockhousing for receiving and enclosing the nut and having key controlledlocking means for entering the aperture of the lock receiving nut inorder to lock the band securely to the nut to prevent unlawful removalof the nut and of the supported wheel.

The invention also incorporates other features of structure andarrangement which. 7 will be apparent from the following speci-'fication'in conjunction with the drawings, in

which drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View showing the tirecarrier with a spare wheel secured thereto and showing the applicationof my I improved locking band;

I Figure 2 is a plan view of the inner end of the locking band showing acircular nut receiving aperture therein Figure 3 is a plan View of thelock supporting end of the band; I

Figure 4 is a vertical median sectional view of the end" of the band andthe lock mechanism thereon; Y V

Figure 5 is a section on plane VV of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a section on plane VIVI of Figure 4.

In the standard construction of the type of car referred to, the sparewheel carrier usually includes a bracketA, a supporting plate Bsupported .by the bracket and provided with three fixed studsor bolts Cequipped with nuts D.

The hub E of the wheel has the flange F at its inner end provided withfive perforations G, three of which may receive the bolts 0 for securingthe wheel to the plate B. The wheel rim H carries a tire I and isconnected with the hub by inner and outer sets of spokes In accordancewith my invention, I provide a band 4 which may be'of steel and whichhas its inner end 5 provided with an aper ture 6 for receiving the bodyof the lock receiving nut. This aperture may be circular. as shown inFigure 2 or may be polyg- A onal to lit the polygonal nut,'the nut shownbeing hexagonal.

.The band is primarily of U-shape and its outer end 7 has the aperturelO which is preferably polygonal to fit the nut body. Se: cured on thisend of the band by means of a rivet 8 is a lock housing 9. The outer end11 of the band is rounded and of reduced width to leave shoulders 12 and13, and the lock housing 9 has the substantially semicircular wall orlip 14 which at its lower end surrounds the end 11 of the. band andabuts the shoulders 12 and 13. Such cooperation of the lip with the bandassists the rivet 8 in securely holding the lock housing to and inproper alignment on the band end.

} The lock body or housing ,9 has the bore 18 for receiving and guidinga cylindrical lock bolt 16, this bolt being adapted, when projected, toenter the aperture 8 of the lug operable by a key is mounted within thehousing 9 to cooperate in a well known manner with the locking bolt toshift it into or out v of locking position. The opening 17 for the rivet8 may be in alignment With the bore 18 and the passage receiving thelock cylinder so that before the locking bolt and cylinder' are insertedthe rivet may be applied to lockthe housing to theband. 7

After a Wheel has been applied to the carrier the nuts are applied tothe studs and the lockingbandiisi then slipped over and aroundithe Wheelrim'an'd tire and the inner end is "appliedwith'its aperture 6 receivingthe locking nut D The end 7 of the band is then swung so that the lockhousing will receive the locking nut body through its aperture 10. Thekey is then manipulated to shift the locking, bears intone apertl e 3 ofthe locking nut and then the I band Will be lockedrin place. The

hand being anchored to the Wheel rim and tire its polygonal openingreceiving the polygonal locking nut'will prevent turning of v the nut.The lock housing, together with V the bandend, Will practically entirelyen- I close the loeking nutto prevent access thereto with tools such asrenches, and by means o f the' locking bolt 16 the band will be securelyretained secured to the lockingnut.

Myimprovedlocking means is simple and efiicient' and""isjeconomicalfltomanufacture and an -"be readily applied to lock Wheels to the "sparewheel carrier; [It is evident V ,fthat instead of having the band of asingle ,length of metal it may be of hinged ortwo "35, part formation.Otherchanges and modifications may be made v vithout departing from fthe scope and spirit of the invention as outmlinedin the appendedclaims.

- idle a tire and having two ends, one over the other, one of said endsbeing provided Having thus described the invention, What 1 In a deviceof metal loop-shaped memb'er adapted to st'radlw ith means forreceivinga Wheel retaining nut'having-an aperture, the other of saidtion of said case;

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member to receive the outer apertured end of the nut, a locking bolt insaid housing, and key-controlled means in said housing for shifting saidlocking bolt into said nut aperture. to thereby lock said memberagainstremoval from said nut. L

3, A look for securing a spare Wheel or rim to a support, saidlockincluding a case having a recessinto which a retaining'nut extends,alocking-bolt mounted in said case and adapted to be projected intosaid'recess to engage and lock said nut therein, key operated means foroperating said bolt,and

-means engaged with the nut and case for rim to 'a support, saidlo'ckinc'ludi ng acase havin'ga'recess shaped to fitand'to receive theflattened apertured end of a;retaining nut, a locking bolt mountedin'said case and a spare Wheel or adapted to be projected-into'said'recess and v into the hole in said nut, key operated means foroperating said bolt,; and means engaged. with the nut and case forpreventing rota- Intestimony whereof I afliX my signature. CLARENCEEFFERS.

iends being provided with means for en 1 gaging the Wheel retaining nutto prevent i' otation of the nut relativelyto the loopshaped member, anda lock structure secured j Q to said other'end to receive the aperturedofthe retaining nut, said lock structure comprising a locking boltadapted to be enmoval from said nut. e

:2. In a device of the class described, a I metal loop-sha'pedmemberadapted to stradd le a tire and having inner and outer ends providedgwith openings for receiving a Wheel 7 retaining nut having ana'p'ertureat its end, "'theopening of one of said ends being polygonalto fit the polygonal shapefoffthe nut whereby to; prevent rotation ofthe nut rel- 65- vatively'toz'th'e loop-shaped member, alockv I inghousing secured to the outer end of said ggagedin the retaining nutaperture to theres A it by lock the loop-shaped member against re-

